Section 405(e) distracted driving laws grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(e)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(f).…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the California Office of Traffic Safety $120,419.93 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(e) Distracted Driving Laws Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs), a formula grant supporting state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.24(f).

The grant funds costs of distracted driving countermeasure strategies to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes. Eligible uses include projects identified in California's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application. The program supports states that enact and enforce laws prohibiting texting while driving or prohibiting youth cell phone use while driving, or that test for distracted driving on the state's driver licensing exam.

The award covers the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Elk Grove, California. As the designated state highway safety office for California, the California Office of Traffic Safety administers federal highway safety funding and coordinates evidence-based countermeasure strategies, public education campaigns, and law enforcement training in partnership with local agencies throughout the state. Federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred. The Section 405(e) program is part of a broader formula grant structure available to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories.

Section 405(e) distracted driving laws grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(e)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(f). 405(e) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law that prohibits texting while driving or prohibits youth cell phone use while driving. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.